Re: It's all like that

["Baugereau" <baugereau@ifrance.kom>]

> A technique used by some ad companies is to sponsor websites and, as
> part of the sponsorship deal, immediately redirect you to the ad company
> and back again to the original site. This allows the ad company to
> place a cookie on your machine.
>
> In essence, the ad company becomes a "root" webpage for many other
> unrelated webpages.
>
> Every web page you visit which is sponsored by the ad company is tracked
> through this cookie (or set of cookies). This method quickly builds a
> "profile" of you even if it doesn't neccessarily know who you are as an
> individual.
>
> I believe that this also means that if it is necessary to submit
> personal information to a website, the ad company also has access to
> the information.

Thanks didn't know that "technique".
I was under the (false) impression that the websites could juste push/pop
info on your machine, which is not inherently evil I guess.

But these advertising people always seem to find a way, huh...